NO CAPO
C/E 032010
Am x02210
F 133211
G 320033
Dm xx0231
[Chorus]
*The C/E chord is just a normal C with the low E string (fattest)
included in the strumming. You could also use an Em, but C/E
sounds better.
AmF
One day when the glory comes
C/EFG
It will be ours, it will be ours
AmF
oh One day when the war is won
C/EFG
We will be sure, we will be sure
AmFC/EFG
Oh glory (glory) (glory) (glory)
[Verse I]
Am
Hands to the Heavens, no man, no weapon
F
Formed against, yes glory is destined
C/EF
Every day women and men become legends
G
Sins that Go against our skin become blessings
Am
The movement is a rhythm to us
F
Freedom is like religion to us
C/EF
Justice is juxtapositionin' us
G
Justice for all just ain't specific enough
Am
One son died, his spirit is revisitin' us
F
Truant livin' livin' in us, resistance is us
C/E
That's why Rosa sat on the bus
FG
That's why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up
Am
When it Go down we woman and man up
F
They say, "Stay down", and we stand up
C/EF
Shots, we on the grown, the camera panned up
G
King pointed to the mountain top and we ran up
[Chorus]
AmF
One day when the glory comes
C/EFG
It will be ours, it will be ours
AmF
oh One day when the war is won
C/EFG
We will be sure, we will be sure
AmFC/EFG
Oh glory (glory) (glory) (glory)
[Bridge]
DmF
Now the war is not over, victory isn't won
AmG
And we'll fight on to the finish, then when it's all done
DmFAmG
We'll cry glory, oh glory oh (glory) (glory)
DmFAmG
We'll cry glory, oh glory oh (glory) (glory)
[Verse II]
Am
Selma's now for every man, woman and child
F
Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd
C/E
They marched with the torch, we gon' run with it now
FG
Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles
Am
From dark roads he rose, to become a hero
F
Facin' the league of justice, his power was the people
C/EF
Enemy is lethal, a king became regal
G
Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle
Am
The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful
F
We sing, our music is the cuts that we bleed through
C/EFG
Somewhere in the dream we had an epiphany
Now we right the wrongs in history
Am
No one can win the war individually
F
It takes the wisdom of the elders and young people's energy
C/EF
Welcome to the story we call victory
G
the Comin' of the Lord, my eyes have seen the glory
[Chorus]
AmF
One day when the glory comes
C/EFG
It will be ours, it will be ours
AmF
oh One day when the war is won
C/EFG
We will be sure, we will be sure
AmFC/EFG
Oh glory (glory) (glory) (glory)
AmFC/EFG
When the war is won, when it's all said and done
AmFC/EFG
We'll cry glory, oh glory